28 November 2009

Good afternoon and hope you're having a lovely relaxing Saturday. Today I've got a card to show you that I've made for the Friday Sketchers challenge where there is a fabulous sketch to follow and also for the Greeting Farm Challenge, where the challenge this week is create a card that best demonstrates/captures your favorite "SWEET TREAT". Well my favourite sweet treat is raspberry & cream sweets, mmmmmmmmm yum yum, so I've used the colours to represent this.

At last I've got round to stamping this little cutie. Isn't she adorable and I got her as soon as she was released from Bunny Zoe's Crafts. She's called Madelynn and I've coloured her using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is BasicGrey - Bittersweet

The flower I made myself using my Peony Spellbinders die and everything else is from my stash.

27 November 2009

Hello and hope you're having a good start to the week. I've finally got round to doing this tutorial for you to have a go at. I've posted loads of pictures and hope that it makes sense.

Here are the items that I use to make my flowers :-

Peony Spellbinders die

ProMarker pens

My own stamp made from Peony Spellbinders die

Flower brad with back taken off

1 pearl

To make these flowers I've used normal white printer paper but any type of paper will do.

First off I colour each of the flower shapes with my ProMarker pen using Buttercup

Then I cut down each flower to create the petals, I've drawn orange lines to show you where I cut into.

Next I ink up my homemade stamp using my Tan ProMarker pen. I made my homemade stamp by using cardstock that I know that the ink from the ProMarker pen will stay wet for some time.

On each flower I ink up the edges for a bit of definition.

Now on the wrong side of each flower, emboss each petal with small circular motions. Then emboss the centre till they resemble the picture on the left.

On the right side of each flower, emboss down one side of each petal till it curls slightly. Then once again emboss the centre of each flower until they resemble the picture on the left.

Now start gluing your flower together. Hopefully this is what it should look like.

The next step is to get your flower brad and start curling the edges up, I've used my strong tweezers for this.

And this is what the flower brad will look like when all the edges have been curled.

In the centre of the flower apply some glue, then add the curled flower brad. Apply some glue in the centre of the flower brad and then drop a pearl in the centre. I've used a pearl but a large bead is also effective.

I hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial and I would love to see your flower creations.

26 November 2009

Good afternoon and hope you're having a lovely Thursday. The weather here in Ireland is cold and very wet, ideal weather to stay indoors and craft, yipeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Today I'd like to show you a card that I've made for three challenges. The first one is for Create4fun where there is a fabulous sketch to follow. The second one is for ASFOS where there is a colour combo of brown and one other colour pink or blue. And the last challenge is for Quixotic Challenges where the theme this week is tearing.

The image I've used for my card is the lovely Felicity and she will be available very soon from Pollycraft. I've coloured in Felicity using my ProMarker pens

The DP is BasicGrey

The sentiment is also a digital download from Pollycraft. I've coloured the sentiment using my ProMarker pens. I then used my peony Spellbinders die to cut it out. Then I also cut heavy cardboard out using the peony die, glued this to the sentiment. Then I cut some more heavy cardstock using my circles die and then glued the sentiment on top of it. I then made a scroll using my Floral Accents die also from Spellbinders and then stuck the sentiment on top.

25 November 2009

Hi there and thanks for stopping by today. Well today is Wednesday so that means we have a brand new challenge for you over at Truly Scrumptious. This week we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow created by our DT member Debbie with the added theme of having a sparkly flourish on your project.

Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights by Louby Loo. The winner of this challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in Wendy's store.

So this is what I came up with following Debbie's fabulous sketch. I've coloured in this Gorjuss image using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is BasicGrey

The sentiment I've used is a digital download from Pollycraft, which I've coloured using my ProMarker pens.

The flower I made myself using my Sizzix Flower Layers die and the flourish is from Spellbinders - Floral Accents.

24 November 2009

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Tuesday, so that means we've got a new challenge for you this week at Passion for ProMarkers. This week we DO NOT have a colour combination but the theme this week is 'Vintage'

Our sponsors this week is Yellow Moon and they are giving one lucky person a gift voucher.

The image I've used on my card is from the WOJ Wedding/Baby Collection and I've coloured it using the following ProMarker colours :-

Skin: Oatmeal, Sunkissed Pink, Pastel Pink & Almond

Hair: Almond, Tan, Caramel & Chestnut

Dress: Meadow Green, Apple & Forest Green

Babies Shawl: Powder Blue & Duck Egg

The DP is a freebie digital download from Cuddlebeez and the flower I made myself.

The snowflake I made myself by using my Snowflake Spellbinders die, embossed with clear powder and then sprinkled Making Memories Spotlight Glitter. Then I ran a normal star brad through my Bigshot to emboss it a bit and then glued a blue gem in the middle.

22 November 2009

Hello everybody and hope you're all having a lovely weekend. Mine started off really well yesterday morning, as I received an email from Ann Cutts saying that she would like to feature my blog on Inspirational Craft Blogs and would I mind. Well after picking myself off of the floor, I quickly emailed her back (before she changed her mind) saying that I would LOVE to be featured on Inspirational Craft Blogs.

18 November 2009

Hello everyone and hope you're enjoying your Wednesday. Today I'd like to show you a card that I've made for two challenges. The first one is for Sketch Saturday where there is a fabulous sketch to follow. The second challenge is for Simon Says where the theme this week is 'Animal Antics'

The adorable digital image I've used for my card is called Bronson Bear and he is available from Pollycraft. At the moment he is a freebie, but you'd better hurry as he won't be available after Friday. I've coloured in Bronson and his little robin friend using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is DCWV Christmas Stack from last year.

The snowflakes I made using my Spellbinders snowflake die. I embossed the star brads by using my snowflake embossing folder by Cuttlebug and then popped a blue gem in the middle.

17 November 2009

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Tuesday, so that means we've got a new challenge for you this week at Passion for ProMarkers. This week we have a colour combination for you, which is Burnt Umber and Marsh Green.

Our sponsors this week is Letraset and they are giving away a pack of 5 ProMarkers to one lucky winner.

For my card I've followed a fabulous sketch over at Just Magnolia which has been created by my fellow Truly Scrumptious DT member Mina.

I've coloured in the Tilda image with the following ProMarker colours :-

16 November 2009

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Today I'd like to show you a card that I've made for two challenges. The first one is for Friday Sketchers where there is a lovely sketch to follow. The second challenge is for Quixotic Challenge where the theme this week is 'Stitching'

So this is the card that I came up with. The image I've used is WOJ from the Baby/Wedding Collection and I've coloured it using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is BasicGrey - Bittersweet

I used my Fiskars Lace punch for the borders and the lace ribbon is from my stash.

The flowers I made myself using my Spellbinder Peony die and also a couple of pearls from my stash.

13 November 2009

Good morning and thanks for dropping by. Today I'd like to show you a card that I've made for two challenges. The first one is for DP2 where there is a fabulous sketch to follow and the second one is for Digital Tuesday where the theme this week is 'Holiday Wishes'

11 November 2009

Hello I'm back again this time I've got a card to show that I'm going to enter into the Create4 Fun Challenge, where there is a fabulous sketch to follow & DP2 Challenge, where the theme is 'All That Glitters', although I hope that I'm not too late for the DP2 challenge.

The adorable image I've used is from Digitalpencil Too and it's called Diaper Crew and I've coloured them in using my ProMarker pens.

Hi there and thanks for stopping by today. Well today is Wednesday so that means we have a brand new challenge for you over at Truly Scrumptious. This week we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow created by our DT member Dawn. We've also got the added theme of 'Texture'

This week we are sponsored by Pink Gem Designs and the winner of this challenge will win this adorable image.

And this is what I came up with following the sketch.

The image I've used for my card is the Wedding Cake stamp from Whiff of Joy and I've used my ProMarker pens to colour it in.

10 November 2009

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Tuesday, so that means we've got a new challenge for you this week at Passion for ProMarkers. This week we don't have a colour combination for you, but a fabulous sketch to follow which has been created by a very talented and lovely Ida.

And this is what I came up with following Ida's sketch. I've followed the theme that is over on Just Magnolia which is Distressing, so I shall enter this card there.

The images I've used for my card is Giggling Tilda and Edwin and I've coloured these adorable images using the following ProMarker colours

Skin: Blush, Coral, Sunkissed Pink & Pastel Pink

Hair: Almond, Tan, Caramel, Cocoa & Walnut

Dress: Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink & Coral

Edwins Tank Top & Socks: Tan, Caramel & Cocoa

Trousers, shirt & Tights: Lime Zest, Lime Green & Moss

The DP is MME Wild Asparagus

The flowers I made myself by using my Peony Spellbinders die and the sentiment I created on my PC.